Songs about MOTHERS!!!

"Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This"

He was born in Oklahoma,
His wife's name's Betty Lou or Thelma Liz
And he's not responsible for what he's doing
Cause his mother made him what he is.

And it's up against the wall Redneck Mother,
Mother, who has raised her son so well.
He's thirty-four and drinking in a honky tonk.
Just kicking hippies asses and raising hell.

Sure does like his Falstaff beer,
Likes to chase it down with that Wild Turkey liquor;
Drives a fifty-seven GMC pickup truck;
He's got a gun rack; "Goat ropers need love, too" sticker

And it's up against the wall Redneck Mother,
Mother, who has raised her son so well.
He's thirty-four and drinking in a honky tonk.
Just kicking hippies asses and raising hell.

Well,
M is for the mudflaps you give me for my pickup truck
O is for the Oil I put on my hair
T is for T-bird
H is for Haggard
E is for eggs, and
R is for REDNECK.

I always thought it was one long name - Betty Lou Thelma Liz.

that popped into my head as I typed! Had a "senior moment" and spent HOURS waiting for my cached brain files to release the name of the group!
"Mama Said" was the Ronnettes, wasn't it?

Ya better "Shop Around." Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

From the greatest country song ever!

Saw him in Vegas a couple of years ago. Sang along with the song, much to the horror of MrSG and my sister! :rofl:

it appears to be connected to a video about a DUer, but the video itself does not do much if you have not seen the movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ApuQ5x4tHM&NR=1

I didn't know matcom's real name is Alvin.

without the rest of the Chipmunks?

It was quoted by D. James Kennedy in yesterday's (re-run?) but he does not give a source. Is it original to Glen Campbell?

"Words and Music by Tedd Harris

He got here red and wrinkled scared and cryin'
Then she took him up and held him to her breast
And he sure was glad to get what mama offered
Then he went to sleep and put his fears to rest

It didn't seem to matter what he needed
He could always count on mama to supply
And regardless of the sleep she might be losin'
He always found a twinkle in her eye

There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas
Creation's most unique and precious pearls
And heaven help us always to remember
That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

She taught him all the attributes of greatness
That she knew he couldn't learn away from home
And by the time she wore the cover off her bible
Her hair was gray and her little man was gone

There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas
Creation's most unique and precious pearls
And heaven help us always to remember
That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
Yes, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world "

Jesus and Mama by Confederate Railroad

"I made a wish upon a star
I could have a brand new car
Got tired of wishing
So I stole one

Seventeen and knew it all
My dreams were big but my thoughts were small
So many roads somehow I chose
The wrong one

CHORUS
But Jesus and mama always loved me
Even when the devil took control
Jesus and mama always loved me
This I know

I felt tried most all my life
Found new kinds of lows and highs
Never been a husband but I had a lot of wives
To hold me

Headstrong, stubborn, couldn't be told
Like a wild horse that couldn't be rode
A rainbow chaser hungry for gold
And still searchin'

REPEAT CHORUS

I wish mom could see me now
And how I've turned it all around
Lately I've been going down
The right road

Life's a picture that you paint
With blues and grays and cans of canvas
Heaven knows I'm not a saint
But I know

REPEAT CHORUS "

Mama I'm coming home Ozzy Osbourne

"Times have changed and times are strange
Here I come but I ain't the same
Mama, I'm comin home
Times go bye, seems to be
You could have been a better friend to me
Mama, I'm comin home

You took me in and you drove me out
Yeah, you had me hypnotized, yeah
Lost and found and turned around
By the fire in your eyes

You made me cry, you told me lies
But I can't stand to say goodbye
Mama, I'm comin home
I could be right, I could be wrong
It hurts so bad it's been so long
Mama, I'm comin home

Selfish love yeah we're both alone
The ride before the fall, yeah
But I'm gonna take this heart of stone
I just got to have it all

I've seen your face a hundred times
Everyday we've been apart
I don't care about the sunshine, yeah
'Cause mama, mama, I'm comin home
I'm comin home
I'm comin home

You took me in and you drove me out
Yeah, you had me hypnotized, yeah
Lost and found an turned around
By the fire in your eyes

I've seen your face a thousand times
Everyday we've been apart
I don't care about the sunshine, yeah
'Cause mama, mama, I'm comin home
I'm comin home "

Mother
Tell your children not to walk my way
Tell your children not to hear my words
What they mean
What they say
Mother

Mother
Can you keep them in the dark for life
Can you hide them from the waiting world
Oh mother

Father
Gonna take you daughter out tonight
Gonna show her my world
Oh father

Not about to see your light
But if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's like
Till you're bleeding

Not about to see your light
And if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's

Mother
Tell your children not to hold my hand
Tell your children not to understand
Oh mother

Father
Do you wanna bang heads with me
Do you wanna feel everything
Oh father

Not about to see your light
And if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's like
Till you're bleeding

Not about to see your light
And if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's
Yea

Not about to see your light
But if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's like
Till you're bleeding

Not about to see your light
And if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's like
Wo-oh
Mother
Yea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz4TllvgUP4

Got my mother’s eyes and my father’s hair.
Does anybody really care?
It’s gettin’ cold out here.
Well, I keep walkin’ with my head held high,
with my head to the sky,
with my mother’s eyes.
And my mother’s eyes are with me
in the darkness that’s been paid for.
I’m just a nameless stranger, don’t know why.
Have I seen all that I could?
Have I seen more than I should
with my mother’s eyes?
Have I seen all that I could?
Have I seen more than I should
with my mother’s eyes?
And my mother’s eyes are with me
in the chilly winds of autumn.
If I ain’t here by winter, she’ll know why.
I’ve seen all that I dare.
I’ve seen more than my share.
Forgive me if I stare with my mother’s eyes.

by Quiet Riot (and Slade?)

"Ma mama weer all crazee now
Ma ma mama weer all crazee now

Woo!

I don't want to drink my whiskey like you do
I don't need to spend my money but still do
Well don't stop now come on
Another drop now so come on
I want a lot now so come on

That's why
That's why

I say
Ma mama weer all crazee now
Ma ma mama weer all crazee now, yeah

And you told me fool firewater won't hurt me, but you lied
And you tease me and all my ladies deserve me, I'm gonna get her back
But don't stop now come on
Another drop so come on
I want a lot now so come on

That's why
That's why

I say
Ma mama weer all crazee now
I say
Ma ma mama weer all crazee now

Get crazee
Yeah!
Let's go!
Let's party!

I say
Ma mama weer all crazee now
Ma mama weer all crazee now

Oh yeah

Ma mama weer all crazee now
Ooh
Ma ma ma ma mama weer all crazee now

Get crazee with me

Ma mama weer all crazee now
(Mama, mama I'm going crazee. Help me)
Ma mama weer all crazee now
(Oh help me I'm going wild and crazee)
Ma mama weer all crazee now
I say
Ma ma ma ma mama weer all crazee

I said
Ma ma ma ma mama weer all crazee now
Yeah
woo-hoo!"

:woohoo:

Mama by Genesis

"I can't see you, mama
But I can hardly wait
To touch and to feel you, mama
Oh, I just can't keep away
In the heat and the steam of the city
Ooh, it's got me running and I just can't brake
So say you'll help me, mama
'Cause it's getting so hard, ooh

Now I can't keep you, mama
But I know you're always there
You listen, you teach me, mama
And I know inside you care
So get down, down here beside me
Ooh, you ain't going nowhere
No, I won't hurt you, mama
But it's getting so hard, ooh

Ha ha ha, ha ha ha, awh
Ha ha ha, ha ha ha, awh

Can't you see me here, mama,
Mama, mama, mama, please?
Can't you feel my heart?
Can't you feel my heart?
Can't you feel my heart, ooh?
Now listen to me, mama
Mama, mama
You're taking away my last chance
Don't take it away !
Can't you feel my heart?

Ha ha ha, ha ha ha, awh

It's hot, too hot for me, mama
But I can hardly wait
My eyes, they're burning, mama
And I can feel my body shake
Don't stop! Don't stop me, mama
Ooh, make the pain, make it go away, hey
No, I won't hurt you, mama
But it's getting so hard, ooh

Now I can't see you, mama
But I know you're always there
You taunt, you tease me, mama
But I never, never, never can keep away
It's the heat and the steam of the city
Ooh, got me running and I just can't brake
So stay, don't leave me, mama
'Cause it's getting so hard, ooh

Don't go no no, don't go
No no no, don't go..."

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Mama-lyrics-Genesis/C9328EA3F950477E48256960001F13F1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee9oFqxDDnU

Mama we all go to hell
Mama we all go to hell
I'm writing this letter and wishing you well
Mama we all go to hell

Oh well now

Mama we're all gonna die
Mama we're all gonna die
Stop asking me questions
I'd hate to see you cry
Mama we're all gonna die

And when we go don't blame us, yeah
We'll let the fire just bathe us, yeah
You made us all so famous
We'll never let you go
And when you go don't return to me my love

Mama we're all full of lies
Mama we're meant for the flies
And right now they're building a coffin your size
Mama we're all full of lies

Well mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue
You should have raised a baby girl
I should have been a better son
If you could
coddle the infection
They can amputate at once
You should have been
I could have been a better son

And when we go don't blame us,yeah
We'll let the fire just bathe us, yeah
You made us all so famous
We'll never let you go
She said 'You ain't no son of mine'
For what you done they're gonna find
A place for you and just you mind
< Lyrics found on http://www.metrolyrics.com >

Your manners when you go
And when you go don't return to me my love

That's right

Mama we all go to hell
Mama we all go to hell
It's really quite pleasant
Except for the smell
Mama we all go to hell

2 - 3 - 4

Mama!
Mama!
Mama!
Ohhhhhh!!!
Mama!
Mama!
Mama!
Ma...

And if you would call me your sweetheart
I'd maybe then sing you a song

But the shit that I've done
With a smirk and a gun
You would cry out your eyes all along

We're damned after all
Through fortune and flame we fall
And if you can say then I'll show you the way to return from the ashes you call...

We all carry on
When our brothers in arms are gone
So raise your glass high
For tomorrow we die
And return from the ashes you call.....

(Woman Crying In Background)

Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

"Gonna see my picture on the cover
gonna buy 5 copies for my mother..."

Shop around

"My momma told me
you'd better shop around ..."

"Having my baby" :hide:

there's a different song, same name by Lynyrd Skynyrd also.

:hi:

'Mama Kin' by Aerosmith

'Mother Popcorn' by James Brown

written by Mac Davis (the second actually inspired by his child's response to Mac Davis seeing news of atrocities in Vietnam on TV) and recorded by Elvis Presley in the same 1969 sessions in Memphis.

And another song from a Memphis icon: "Shaft." :D

I love this song because my momma worked hard to give me a good life. she's my favorite girl.

COWBOYS!!!

:P

Shut yo' mouth.

M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means The World To Me) — Bobby Breen
Lyrics by Howard Johnson, Melody by Theodore Morse
Copyright 1915, Leo Feist, Inc. Renewed 1943.

I've been around the world, you bet,
But never went to school,
Hard knocks are all I seem to get,
Perhaps, I've been a fool;

But still, some educated folks,
Supposed to be so swell,
Would fail, if they were called upon,
A simple word to spell.

Now, if you'd like to put me to a test,
There's one dear name that I can spell the best;

"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears were shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold,
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right, she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.

When I was but a baby,
Long before I learned to walk,
While lying in my cradle,
I would try my best to talk;

It wasn't long, before I spoke,
And all the neighbors heard,
My folks were very proud of me,
For "MOTHER" was the word.

Although I never lay a claim to fame,
I'm satisfied that I can spell the name;

"M" is for the mercy she possesses,
"O" means that I owe her all I own,
"T" is for her tender sweet caresses,
"H" is for her hands that made a home:
"E" means everything she's done to help me,
"R" means real and regular, you see,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.

Let's all get up and dance to a song
That was a hit before your mother was born.
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (...know.)
Sing it again.
Let's all get up and dance to a song
That was a hit before your mother was born.
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (...know.)
Lift up your hearts and sing me a song
That was a hit before your mother was born.
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (Aaaah.)
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (Aaaah.)
Sing it again.
Da-da-da-da...
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (Yeah.)
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (Yeah.)
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (Yeah.)

Does your mother know - Abba

"You're so hot, teasing me
So you're blue but I can't take a chance on a chick like you
It's something I couldn't do
There's that look in your eyes
I can read in your face that your feelings are driving you wild
Ah, but girl you're only a child

Well I can dance with you honey
If you think it's funny
Does your mother know that you're out
And I can chat with you baby
Flirt a little maybe
Does your mother know that you're out

Take it easy (take it easy)
Better slow down girl
That's no way to go
Does your mother know
Take it easy (take it easy)
Try to cool it girl
Take it nice and slow
Does your mother know

I can see what you want
But you seem pretty young to be searching for that kind of fun
So maybe I'm not the one
Now you're so cute, I like your style
And I know what you mean when you give me a flash of that smile (smile)
But girl you're only a child

Well I can dance with you honey
If you think it's funny
Does your mother know that you're out
And I can chat with you baby
Flirt a little maybe
Does your mother know that you're out
Take it easy (take it easy)
Better slow down girl
That's no way to go
Does your mother know
Take it easy (take it easy)
Try to cool it girl
Take it nice and slow
Does your mother know

Well I can dance with you honey
If you think it's funny
Does your mother know that you're out
And I can chat with you baby
Flirt a little maybe
Does your mother know that you're out (reapeat till fade) "

You're so blue, eh? At least she's a Democrat.

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Does-Your-Mother-Know-lyrics-Abba/3E781FD3D882BA7E48256BC6002077AD

and equal time for fathers too

Mother, father by Journey

"She sits alone, an empty stare
A mother's face she wears
Where did she go wrong,
the fight is gone
Lord help this broken home


Hey, mother, father, sister
Hey, come back, tryin', believein'
Hey, mother, father, dreamer


Don't you know that I'm alive for you
I'm your sevenths son
And when lightning strikes the family
Have faith, believe.


With dreams he tried, lost his pride
He drinks his life away
One photograph, in broken glass
It should not end this way.


Through bitter tears
And wounded years, those ties
of blood were strong
So much to say, those yesterdays
So now don't you turn away."

Half of what I say is meaningless
But I say it just to reach you, Julia

Julia, Julia, oceanchild, calls me
So I sing a song of love, Julia
Julia, seashell eyes, windy smile, calls me
So I sing a song of love, Julia

Her hair of floating sky is shimmering, glimmering,
In the sun

Julia, Julia, morning moon, touch me
So I sing a song of love, Julia

When I cannot sing my heart
I can only speak my mind, Julia

Julia, sleeping sand, silent cloud, touch me
So I sing a song of love, Julia
Hum hum hum hum...calls me
So I sing a song of love for Julia, Julia, Julia

:headbang:
rocknation

In the stillness of the night
My eyes are closed
My mouth is wide
I could see her face
Her beautiful hair
I could recognize
She looks at me cold
She probably don't know who I am
Mommy it's me
It's Keith
You had me back when

But sometimes I like to pretend
That she knows me
That she holds me
I quess I can't
Because show doesn't know who I am

My mind it's dreaming
God it's so misleading
Do you think it's 'cause I've grown old
Is it true what I was told
You cried to leave me
You know I know it's not your fault

You had a husband who was selfish and cold
Belive me I know
Now I hear you used to treat me cold
You dissappeared and left me all alone
I'm sure you didn't know right from wrong
'cause both of you were always getting stoned

:headbang:
rocknation

Lyrics (in English rather than in Yiddish):

My Yiddishe Mama, I need her more than ever now.
My Yiddishe Mama, I'd love to kiss that wrinkled brow.
I long to hold her hands once more as in days gone by
And ask her to forgive me for things I did that made her cry.
How few were her pleasures, she never cared for fashion's styles
Her jewels and treasures, she found them in her baby's smiles
Oh, I know that I owe what I am today
To that dear little lady so old and gray
To that wonderful Yiddishe Mama of mine.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=04CLWC9D3eM&mode=related&search=

Well the telephone is ringing,
Is that my mother on the phone?
Telephone is ringing,
Is that my mother on the phone?
The telephone is screaming,
Won't she leave me alone?
The telephone is ringing,
Is that my mother on the phone?

Well every girl that I go out with
Becomes my mother in the end.
Every girl I go out with
Becomes my mother in the end.
Well I hear my mother calling,
But I don't need her as a friend.
Well every girl I go out with
Becomes my mother in the end.

Oh, Oh mother
Oh mother dear please listen
And don't devour me.
Oh mother dear please listen
Don't devour me.
Oh women please have mercy
Let this poor boy be.
Oh mother dear please listen
And don't devour me.
Oh mother......

Well the telephone is ringing
Is that my mother on the phone?
Telephone is ringing
Is that my mother on the phone?

Oh mother

It's in 7/4 and is on the Synchronicity album I believe.

I missed the Mr. T. post upthread.

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